Spiritual Paradox Quotes

I'd describe myself as a Christian who doesn't believe in God.

The hardness of God is kinder than the softness of man, and his compulsion is our liberation.

You know, all mystics - Catholic, Christian, non-Christian, no matter what their theology, no matter what their religion - are unanimous on one thing: that all is well, all is well. Though everything is a mess, all is well. Strange paradox, to be sure. But, tragically, most people never get to see that all is well because they are asleep. They are having a nightmare.

Jesuits make a vow of obedience to the Pope. But if the Pope is a Jesuit, perhaps he has to make a vow of obedience to the General of the Jesuits! I don’t know how to resolve this … I feel a Jesuit in my spirituality; in the spirituality of the Exercises, the spirituality deep in my heart.

God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.

John Wesley quaintly observed that the road to heaven is a narrow path, not intended for wheels, and that to ride in a coach here and to go to heaven hereafter, was a happiness too much for man.

You cannot conceive, nor can I, of the appalling strangeness of the mercy of God.

If the destination is heaven, why do we scramble to be first in line for hell?

You can't resist the will of God and receive the grace of God at the same time.

Even the enlightened person remains what he is, and is never more than his own limited ego before the One who dwells within him, whose form has no knowable boundaries, who encompasses him on all sides, fathomless as the abysms of the earth and vast as the sky

If you comprehend, it is not God.

Atheists express their rage against God although in their view He does not exist.

Work is prayer. Work is also stink. Therefore stink is prayer.

The paradox in Christian truth is invariably due to the fact that it is the truth that exists for God. The standard of measure and the end is superhuman; and there is only one relationship possible: faith.

Why must holy places be dark places?

Humanity, divine limitation; Divinity, human perfection.

I no longer represent any organized religion. I'm not Catholic. I'm not Christian. I'm saying this because I have to be an outsider for Christ.

God's blessing is not always to be distinguished from His wrath.

Sin and grace, absence and presence, tragedy and comedy, they divide the world between them and where they meet head on, the Gospel happens.

Religion is the most powerful alternative to God.

If you understand, it is not God.

Heaven is not built of country seats / But little queer suburban streets;, .d. cities;, .d. heaven;, Heaven is not built of country seats But little queer suburban streets.

I have an idea heaven will be both absolutely happy and absolutely dark, to protect us from the blaze of God.

Spirituality is a mixed-up, topsy-turvy, helter-skelter godliness that turns our lives into an upside-down toboggan ride of unexpected turns, surprise bumps and bone shattering crashes ... a life ruined by a Jesus who loves us right into his arms.

Anyone who knows God cannot describe Him. Anyone who can describe God does not know Him.